Lakers, Grizzlies played extra minute due to clock error / News - Basketnews.com

The game between the Lakers and the Grizzlies was accidentally prolonged by 1:06. The NBA issued a statement, explaining what happened.

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The Los Angeles Lakers got a 123-120 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Memphis on Friday night to give themselves a chance to hold onto the 8th-seed heading into the NBA play-in.

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On Saturday, NBA Twitter user Ramiro Bentes noticed that due to a mistake made during a shot clock reset, the Lakers and Grizzlies accidentally played more than a minute of extra game time.

During the third quarter of the game, the Grizzlies were whistled for a shot clock violation. With 1:14 on the clock, the referees stopped the game because the shot clock had reset even though the Grizzlies did not hit the rim on the possession.

When the shot clock was reset, though, the game clock was also reset from 1:14 to 2:20. No one seemed to notice, and the teams continued to play the rest of the game from that point. It meant the game went an extra 1:06.

After the video above went viral on Saturday, the NBA issued a statement, admitting the error and confirming that no one noticed what had happened.

"We have confirmed that the game clock was inaccurately set in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers-Memphis Grizzlies game last night at FedExForum," Tim Frank, a spokesman for the NBA, said in a statement to the Commercial Appeal.

"After a shot clock violation, the clock was set at 2:20 when it should have been at 1:14. The error was not noticed in real time by the teams, the referees, the game clock operator or the stats crew. While unfortunate, the error was not identified in time to resolve the situation in-game."

Extra time wasn't the only officiating issue in the game. The NBA's Last 2 Minute report found that LeBron James should have been called for two traveling violations in the last two minutes, but neither got called. There also should have been a foul called on Rui Hachimura on a GG Jackson shot attempt with 12.2 seconds to go, the report said.

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